ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — A West Virginia legislator is inviting 30 Virginia and Maryland counties to join the Mountain State, including Alleghany, Highland, and Bath counties. In a resolution introduced ...

Landon, Caston and Easton Lightner parade through school halls in Halloween costumes. (Photos courtesy Highland County Public Schools)Highland Elementary teachers enjoy Halloween treats from teacher ...

Thank you to the community for all the donations and support for the school benefit dinner. A special thank you to the Blue Grass Ruritans for letting us use their building. From the Amish community ...

RICHMOND — It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of their beloved mother, Mildred Elizabeth Persinger Kemper, 88, formerly of Covington, who left them on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at ...

COVINGTON — Linda Stacey King Corbett, 60, of Covington, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at her residence. Stacey was born July 18, 1965, in Alleghany County, to Pauline Naomi Thompson King and the late ...

High School Football: Alleghany 39, Rockbridge County 0. Des Jordan accounted for all six touchdowns — four passing and two rushing — and the Cougars led 26-0 at the halftime break, finishing off a ...

COVINGTON — Ray Eugene “Gene” Meadows, 96, of Covington, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at his residence. He was the husband of Nancy Hayslett Meadows, to whom he was married for 72 years. Mr. Meadows was ...

I’d like to address a recent political advertisement that raised questions about the future of Bath Community Hospital. I want to assure our community that our future is secure, and we will continue ...

Sharon Moyers, Dabney Bankert, Madge Vosteen, and electoral board vice chair Sue Wiseman worked the polling place in McDowell. (Recorder photos by Tammy Minnigh) ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — Virginia has ...

Mark Weiss with his team captains, Rick Trimble, left, and Al Durham, right, on his first Bath County High School football team in 1981. (Photo courtesy Rick Trimble) HOT SPRINGS — Mark Weiss first ...

Ally Cottrell sets up for an AHS kill Monday night against Harrisonburg. (Recorder file photo by Gavin Dressler) High School Volleyball: Alleghany d. Harrisonburg, 25-23, 25-15, 25-15. The Cougars ...

Alleghany’s junior varsity volleyball team advanced to the championship match of the Shenandoah District tournament Saturday afternoon with a three-set win over the Green Hornets at Fort Defiance.